These Birthday Cake-Inspired Beauty Products Are Almost Good Enough to Eat

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I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve attended multiple birthday parties over the years just to score a slice of birthday cake. Don’t get me wrong, I love my friends—but my love for cake is on a level of its own! There’s just something about the sweet smell of frosting and sugar, along with colorful rainbow sprinkles, that instantly brings a smile to my face.

Ice Cream-Inspired Beauty Products That Look Good Enough to Eat

For a festive pick-me-up, check out these birthday cake-inspired products that range from decadent body butters and lip scrubs to candles, and more. They’re the perfect way to indulge in your favorite sweet treat minus the calories.

Glossier Birthday Balm Dotcom ($14)

This hydrating, long-lasting, multipurpose lip balm and skin salve is packed with antioxidants and natural emollients to nourish and repair dry, chafed skin. The dense, waxy texture stays in place to seal in moisture wherever it goes. Inspired by Milk Bar’s famous cake with subtle shimmer.

Hempz Buttercream Birthday Frosting Herbal Body Whip ($14.99)

Treat yourself to this creamy moisturizing whip that hydrates with 100% pure hemp seed oil, leaving behind a slight sugary scent! Shea butter keeps skin moisturized and soft, 100% pure hemp seed oil hydrates and nourishes skin, coconut oil hydrates and protects, while sugarcane extract’s alpha-hydroxy acid helps to smooth skin and make it look more youthful.

I Dew Care Cake My Day ($25)

This soft serve-inspired wash-off mask is packed with nourishing rainbow sprinkles, hydrating hyaluronic acid, and moisture-balancing squalane for a sweet cleansing and hydrating experience. Unmasks softer, smoother skin!

LALICIOUS Birthday Cake Body Butter ($38)

This shimmery pink whipped cream smells just like birthday cake and leaves your skin shimmering all day. Rejuvenate dry skin with shea butter and safflower oil, which provide intense hydration to seal in moisture while leaving skin silky smooth. Aloe vera and vitamin E nourish and protect to keep skin looking radiant from head-to-toe.

LALICIOUS Birthday Cake Sugar Scrub ($38)

This special-edition sugar scrub is shimmery pink and smells just like birthday cake. Your skin is left soft and pearlescent, and the fun confetti holographic label adds a festive touch to your dresser or vanity. Experience a body treatment like no other as pure sugar cane crystals gently slough away dry skin cells to reveal a youthful and even skin tone. Cold-pressed coconut and sweet almond oils nourish and deeply moisturize, leaving skin deliciously soft. 

Mason Jar Candles & Co. Happy Birthday Candle ($6.59-$12.59)

This decadent soy candle is the perfect way to celebrate any occasion, infusing the room with the sweet scent of birthday cake—a wonderful treat! All of their fragrances are pthalate-free. Available in 3 sizes: 4 oz (20 hours of burn time), 8 oz (40 hours of burn time), and 16 oz (80 hours of burn time).

NCLA Beauty Balm Babe in “Birthday Cake” ($16)

To celebrate the brand’s 10-year anniversary, they’ve launched a limited-edition birthday cake-scented lip balm. The clean, natural and vegan lip balm intensely soothes and nourishes lips. Formulated with shea butter, cocoa butter, avocado butter and coconut oil, it leaves lips smooth and hydrated.

NCLA Beauty So Rich Birthday Cake Vitamin E Infused Cuticle Oil ($18)

To celebrate the brand’s 10-year anniversary, they’ve launched a limited-edition birthday cake-scented cuticle oil. It contains safflower seed oil and vitamin E to hydrate and nourish cuticles and nails.

Simper Goods Moonglow & Wishes Candle ($32)

This candle was designed to celebrate the brand’s first birthday and makes the perfect birthday gift! The scent features vanilla cake and rainbow sprinkles with subtle notes of warm, smoldering wood. The candle is crafted with a soy wax blend, hand poured in small batches, and comes in a beautiful violet-black glass jar that can be repurposed. Features 45+ hours of burn time.

Starling Birthday Cake Deodorant ($14.50)

Made without aluminum or synthetic fragrances, this deodorant is safe to use and non-irritating. Allergen-free, chemical-free and cruelty-free. Features a hand-crafted natural scent sweetly reminiscent of a vanilla birthday cake. Scented naturally with essential oils!

Summer Fridays Birthday Cake Lip Butter Balm ($24)

This limited-edition lip butter balm was created in celebration of the brand’s sixth birthday and features a hint of buttercream and pink sugar flavor. The 100% vegan lip balm conditions and soothes lips with shea and murumuru seed butters along with a unique blend of vegan waxes that soften and boost shine all day long. Gives lips instant moisture, color, and shine with a touch of iridescent baby pink color.

Treat Beauty Confetti Cake Jumbo Lip Balm ($13.99)

This petroleum-free, organic lip balm is flavored with USDA certified organic flavors and tastes like a party in a tube. Each jumbo lip balm is more than three times the size of a regular lip balm. The perfect indulgence!

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Kamala Kirk is a University of Southern California graduate and has been an editor/writer for more than a decade. She has written for E! Online, Total Beauty, TravelAge West, Malibu Times Magazine, and many more. She resides in Los Angeles and is a proud pug mom. Follow her on Instagram: @kamalakirk